Transpressional tectonics along the Karakoram fault zone, northern Ladakh: constraints on Tibetan extrusion

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 135, Issue , 1998, Pages 307-326

  Searle, M P ^a   Weinberg, R F ^a,b   Dunlap, W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EXHUMATION; EXTRUSION; FAULT ZONE; TRANSPRESSION;

ASIA;

MICA;

EID: 0032323721     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.135.01.20     Document Type: Article

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